On Christmas Day 2007, a 243-pound
Siberian tiger named Tatiana escaped from her open-air enclosure at the
San Francisco Zoo and mauled three young men. Before long, one
17-year-old boy and the 4-year-old tigress lay dead. The incident was
the first time a visitor was killed by an escaped animal at an
accredited zoo in the United States. Zoo Tiger Escape investigates the
how and why of what really happened that night—from the possible
motivational factors that led the tiger to escape, to the complex
evolution of enclosure design. The show provides exclusive documentary
access to the San Francisco Zoo's efforts to reconstruct its tiger
enclosure, as well as candid interviews with zoo staff members on the
tragedy.